What was corrected
"I solved over 400 LeetCode problems before my interviews and I still struggled with my first three actual loops. The problem was I had never had to explain my thinking while coding simultaneously. Mock interviews fixed that in a few weeks faster than another 400 problems would have." - Software engineer, describing preparation experience / Spiegel, D., & Bloom, J. R. (1983). Group therapy and hypnosis reduce metastatic breast carcinoma pain. Psychosomatic Medicine, 45(4), 333-339. (cited for mechanisms of performance under social observation)
It is common for candidates who have solved a large number of LeetCode problems to still struggle in their first few actual interview loops, because they had never had to explain their thinking while coding simultaneously. Mock interviews build that specific skill in a way that additional solo problem-solving does not. / (oncology citation removed entirely)
Suggested change
Removed the fabricated/misapplied oncology citation entirely from the reference list (no in-text marker existed to update); converted the fabricated testimonial to a generic illustrative example.
Why this is better
Removed a real 1983 oncology paper about hypnosis and metastatic breast cancer pain management that had been cited with a transparent grafted-on justification to make it appear relevant to mock coding interviews, which it has nothing to do with; converted an unverified testimonial quote with an implausibly specific uncited '400 LeetCode problems' figure into a generic illustrative statement with no unverified specifics.
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